Queen's 'cryptic' reply after Prince Harry asked if he could marry Meghan Markle
ok.co.ukPrince Harry told how the Queen gave him a ‘cryptic’ nine-word response when he asked her if he could marry Meghan Markle. The Duke of Sussex, 38, described how he was left confused by the late monarch’s reply when he sought her approval before popping the question to his now-wife, 42.
According to Royal protocol, the first six people in line of succession to the throne must ask the monarch’s permission to become engaged.
Writing in his memoir Spare, Harry described how he waited until the family were on a shooting trip in Sandringham before broaching the subject, hoping he would catch the late Queen in a 'good mood'.
He said he waited until the shoot was over to get his grandmother alone and told her how much he loved Meghan and that he wanted to marry her.
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